Past tense of undertake
irregular verb
The past tense of undertake is undertook. The past participle is undertaken.
Forms of undertake
| Base form (V1) | undertake /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | undertook /ʌndəˈtʊk/ |
| Past participle (V3) | undertaken /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈteɪkən/ |
| Present participle | undertaking /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | undertakes |
Undertook and undertaken in a sentence
- They undertook the new venture, not sure where it would lead.
- They undertook cleaning the house room by room.
- Having found the lower court's analysis wrong, the appellate court undertook a review de novo.From the entry de novo
- Wildfire Service, undertook a large-scale, 12-square-kilometre prescribed burn on Aq'am lands north of the St.2024 April 26, Corey Bullock, “Fear rekindled in Ktunaxa Nation community as fire season begins”, in CBC News. From the entry Aq'am
- Steve Sisolak undertook to fight the pandemic were, and remain, “criminal.”2022 March 11, Bill Dentzer, “‘Trump from the jump:’ Reno lawyer and ex-boxer fights to become governor”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal…. From the entry Fauci ouchie
Meaning of undertake
- verb To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on.
- verb To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- verb To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
Verbs like undertake
Questions about the past tense of undertake
- What is the past tense of undertake?
- The past tense of undertake is undertook.
- What is the past participle of undertake?
- The past participle of undertake is undertaken.
- Is undertake a regular or irregular verb?
- Undertake is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: undertake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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